CAMPUS WORKERS BUILDING POWER AND WINNING CHANGE

PROUD MEMBERS OF THE AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TEACHERS

WHO WE ARE

We are the contingent and full-time faculty, graduate workers, staff, post-doctoral researchers, undergraduate workers, and academic librarians who are the backbone of higher education in the US. At a time when corporate interests are overtaking the educational mission of the academy, we are uniting across classifications, campuses, and states to fight back.

By coming together as workers we can take on the administrative bloat, financialization, and casualization of the academy, and end the poverty wages and deteriorating working conditions that come with it.

Join us as we build the power to set industry standards that support academic workers so we can do what we love without struggling to live.

Take Action

Fighting for Academic Freedom

Academic freedom is under attack across the US. Let us know what’s happening in your state or on your campus, and learn how you can join the fight to protect this fundamental right.

SURVEY: LGBTQ+ Rights on Campus

AFTA will be hosting a public panel discussion about the fight for LGBTQ+ rights on campus and beyond in April. Please fill out this short form to let us know if you can attend, what anti-LGBTQ+ laws or conflicts exist where you are, and why this issue matters to you.

NEWS & UPDATES

BECOME A UNION MEMBER

ORGANIZE AT YOUR UNIVERSITY

SUPPORT THE LABOR MOVEMENT

AFT Academics is  the higher education associate membership Local of the American Federation of Teachers – the largest higher education union in the United States.

AFTA Members:

  • Work with AFT union organizers to build power and win change.
  • Connect to a national network of union colleagues across the U.S.
  • Support the academic labor movement in the fight to build a better, more just academy.

CONTACT US